Streusel-Topped Chocolate Chunk Banana Cake

The fact that I love to bake is probably obvious, given that I have a blog dedicated to just that. I love making desserts that are both delicious and beautiful, and I am not afraid to buy a new pan to get a dessert just right. This is probably why I had to install 4 extra wire shelves in the kitchen of my new apartment to hold all the stray baking pans and candy making equipment. If I had all the time in the world I would always make desserts with many different components, pairing fillings and frostings and being careful to decorate and plate everything just so.

But real life does not come with unlimited time, especially as a full time student with a half time job and a 17 month old bundle of energy.

It is lucky, then, that what my husband calls “the world’s best cake” is also incredible simple to make. This banana cake with chocolate cinnamon streusel is truly to die for. My husband requests this any time I let him pick the dessert. He even wanted it as his birthday cake, but yielded when I insisted that I wanted to be able to decorate the cake and write happy birthday.

There is nothing fancy about this cake, but one bite and no one will care. It is moist, flavorful and completely addictive. The recipe makes a large amount, but it also freezes fantastically, so I always make the full recipe and freeze portions for the weeks I don’t have time to bake for Shabbat.

My favorite non-dairy chocolates are scharffen berger and callebeaut. They can usually be found in grocery stores with a gourmet chocolate selection or can be ordered in larger quantities directly from the companies. My favorite non-dairy chocolate chips are the ones from trader joes. Hope that helps.

Get Social!

Search This Site

Paleo Kosher Kitchen

Looking for recipes to fill out the rest of the meal? Check out my other blog for healthy and delicious savory recipes.

Search the Kosher ConnectionThe Kosher Connection is a group of Kosher Foodies that share ideas, recipes and culinary experiences together. This custom search widget allows you to search recipes from these bloggers